Historically, African consumers don’t care about flawless precision, but tend to see other values in textiles like the fabric’s origins, colors, patterns and signs, Sarlay thinks.

The recent outpouring of support for Black-owned businesses has brought attention to fashion labels that work with African prints. The labels, many of them founded by West African designers living ...

Birmingham Real-Time News African clothing store owner helps black customers rediscover their beauty, inside and out Published: Feb. 27, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Wax fabric is widely seen across West Africa today, but its origins trace back much further. Initially inspired by Indonesian batik and industrialized by Europeans, it was later reclaimed and ...

Fabric of Soul includes a few pieces from her collection, including a cotton gin and a segregation-era water cooler from Biloxi, Mississippi. The Fabric of Soul is on display at The Studios of Key ...

When her white teacher told her that an Ankara-print gown would be "tacky for prom", 18-year old Makalaya Zanders of Cleveland, Ohio, didn't get mad — she just showed up to prom looking bad as ...